The Economics of Sustainable Development

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of conference participants; 1. Economic policies for sustainable development Ian Goldin and L. Alan Winters; Part I. Growth and the Environment: 2. Pollution and growth: what do we know? Gene M. Grossman; Discussion Gilles Saint-Paul; 3. Does sustainability require growth? Richard Baldwin; Part II. Sustainability: 4. What sustains economic development? Maurice Scott; Discussion Constantino Lluch; 5. Optimal development and the idea of net national product Partha Dasgupta; Appendix; Discussion Philippe Aghion; 6. Sustainable growth and the green golden rule Andrea Beltratti, Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal; Discussion Alistair Ulph; Part III. Domestic Policy: 7. Economic policies for sustainable resource use in Morocco Ian Goldin and David Roland-Holst; Appendix; Discussion Jaime de Melo; 8. Energy pricing for sustainable development in China Rosemary Clarke and L. Alan Winters; Appendices; Discussion Athar Hussain; Part IV. International Policy Coordination: 9. Carbon abatement, transfers and energy efficiency Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin, Joaquim Oliveira-Martins and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe; Appendix; 10. Policy coordination for sustainability: commitments, transfers, and linked negotiations Carlo Carraro and Domenico Siniscalco; Discussion Marcus Miller and Lei Zhang; 11. Industrial competitiveness, environmental regulation and direct foreign investment Ravi Kanbur, Michael Keen and Sweder van Wijnbergen; Discussion Jean-Claude Berthélemy; Index.

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